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"Reef fishes are important biologic, ecologic, and economic resources of the marine ecosystem which must be managed for sustainability. Until recently, there was no long-term monitoring program in place to assess the condition of reef fish resources of the northern Florida Reef Tract (FRT) (northern Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Martin counties). An assessment/monitoring plan for the northern portion of the Florida reef tract was designed through a joint cooperative effort by scientists at the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) and Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center (NSUOC). This report is a synoptic compilation of a three-year data collection from all partner agencies, and includes data from the 232, 324, and 308 sites or Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) sampled in 2012, 2013, and 2014, respectively. The majority of the field work was accomplished through funding provided to NSUOC by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), with supplementary funding provided by FDEP-CRCP. Significant amounts of data were also collected by multiple Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI) partner agencies that were able to dedicate their time and resources to the project. Field sampling for each year began in May and ran through October"--Executive summary.

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Southeast Region.. United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration,.

Published:

2013

Description:

"Recent stock assessments evaluated the condition of the Gulf of Mexico vermilion snapper and yellowtail snapper stocks. Neither stock is overfished or undergoing overfishing. One action of this framework is to set the Annual Catch Limit (ACL) for th...

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.). United States, National Marine Fisheries Service,. United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration,.

Published:

2014

Description:

"A stock assessment completed in October 2013 determined that the blueline tilefish stock in the South Atlantic is experiencing overfishing and is overfished according to the current definition for the minimum stock size threshold. The National Marin...

This report describes the efforts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) during calendar year 2015 to implement the Shark Finning Prohibition Act and more recent shark conservation l...

"Amendment 41 to the Snapper Grouper FMP proposes to modify management of mutton snapper in the South Atlantic to respond to a recent stock assessment and protect mutton snapper during the spawning season. Actions in the amendment include the modific...